The show’s talent roster features Mark Kriegel from FOXSports.com, former San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl-winning cornerback Eric Davis, Brian Webber from FOX Sports Digital, Nicole Zaloumis from Comcast Sports Net-New England and Steve Wyche from NFL Media. The show will be based at NFL Network’s Culver City, Calif., studios.

Davis currently serves as Brandon Tierney’s co-host on “The Drive”, which airs from 2-6 pm on 95.7 FM “The Game.” The radio station released this little teaser on Twitter this morning:

This announcement could mean anything. The Game made a big deal about a similar “announcement” a couple weeks ago, and it turned out to be relatively inconsequential — it was to promote the beginning of “Newsmakers Week,” where they conducted “state of the franchise” interviews with coaches and general managers of all the Bay Area teams (something both sports talk stations should arguably be doing already).

Photo from Brandon Tierney’s Twitter account

I haven’t heard anything one way or the other, but with today’s announcement coinciding with Davis’ new gig at NFL Network, there’s a chance Davis will be moving on at the end of next month or earlier. Not that Davis isn’t a hard worker, but is he really going to do both a morning TV show and a 4-hour afternoon radio show every weekday, AND continue as the 49ers’ radio analyst alongside Ted Robinson?

If Davis does leave 95.7, one would have to imagine they’d replace him with another former athlete to make the transition as seamless as possible. I’m pretty sure Gary Plummer is available.

Or … do you think they’d pair Tierney with Ralph Barbieri? Sure, there are obstacles:

— Barbieri has a lawsuit-related PR campaign to tend to.

— Barbieri and Tierney probably couldn’t coexist in the same studio for more than a couple hours.

You cannot be serious! The main reason I left KNBR was Ralph...Useless sports radio information and analysis... even less entertaining...I think they should pair him up with Tierney and ship them both back to Philly. The GAME is a great alternative to bayarea sport talk radio..but .all startups have a few glitches...and Tierney is a big one...He is NOT a bay area sports guy... knows little of the sports history here...and DITTO on Blaster's comments as well...Solution ...How about Larry Krueger... He is totally wasted as a Radnich sidekick.. would be a great replacement for E.D. ( congrats ) & Tierney

Thanks Blaster for your comments in your reply to my post the other day!
I agree that the way that Tierney disrespected Dave Henderson the other day was unprofessional. I'm surprised that he wasn't called out for that or that "the pimp" didn't check him on that.
LOL at the "Danza" nickname for Tierney. That's the perfect nickname for him! haha.

haha John Sports.... I actually don't mind Urban. I liked him better on KNBR though. He seemed more comfortable there, even though I think he's reached a comfort level on 95.7 now, since he's been there for almost a year now. I still miss his Tuesday segment with Damon. I think it was called "Tuesdays with Mychael" or something like that. That was a real entertaining segment. I'm sure they are both still friends, even though they are on competing stations now.
As far as his role on 95.7, I agree that he probably shouldn't be on as much during the week. He might not be a good partner with Lund. If they paired him up with Townsend or Roxy Bernstein or someone like that, it would probably be better. Urban actually does have good knowledge on other sports besides baseball, but I think he should stick to talking baseball. That's his strong suit. His baseball show on Saturday mornings are pretty good overall.
I do agree that he does sound like he has that too cool for school attitude, which can be bothersome. He might act too hip for his own good sometimes. haha. Urban seems like a good guy though. I haven't met him, but he seems cool.

It crossed my mind listening to Raddy,that his callers are the worst of all. If ANYBODY calls in thinking they will get time to make a good argument..the screeners block them or Radnich hangs up.
Some guy today had a obvious practiced bit in mind..but Randich wouldn't even see what fun it might lead too...no,you have to stammer as you think up what to say..like THATS a great phone call to KNBR.
I say it all the time..but the bay area is no liberal media. You want to suck up to Buster?..call in...all the time you need.

There is a live chat at noon tomorrow with Jason Barrett (program director). 06/29. It's through their facebook page. I would love to participate, but can't really do it from work. You have to download some app and the boss wouldn't be pleased about that.
But you guys that have the same beef as me and are free should totally do it. I'd like to see BASG chime in too, if he's available. A lot of you guys (gals) make some really strong points that should be addressed. Feel free to use any of mine too, in my absence.
It will be interesting to see if he dodges any specific questions regarding on air "talent".
His LinkedIn page shows that he worked for ESPN Radio for quite some time. That answers A LOT of questions for me.

Tierney at least will go against the grain at times..but man can he suck up to Beane. He did a 180 on the A's ownership.
Urban and Lund..just too dull. Just when you think Urban will free his mind..he calls Beane a "genius"..yeah for last place finishes..and this years sub .500?
THEGAME can only be as good as who does the hiring..and if Jason Barret is stuck on all white ex KNBR employee's as his best effort...

Why Rick Tittle doesn't get his own weekday show is beyond me. I mean... I literally sit by my radio and SMH when I hear this garbage they peddle. And to know that they have Tittle sitting on the sideline? It's embarrassing. Your listeners are smarter than you're giving us credit for Game.
And enough with the resets already. You should change the name of the station to 95.7 The Same. I can tune in at 2pm and hear the exact same show when I tune in at 4pm. Lazy journalism. I think Townsend is the only one that doesn't reset. As bland as they may be, NO show on KNBR resets. It reeks of ESPN.

95.7 has to look outside the station to rescue their sorry drive-time ratings situation. Replacing Tierney as well as Davis & wiping the slate clean is the best scenario, really, both from a corporate & a listener's perspective. The mention of Urban doing drive-time radio made me laugh uncontrollably...."Good for Ball, Bad for Ball"...how inane & insulting to real sports fans everywhere. If you want a chance at grabbing a portion of this market, 95.7, please revamp your roster or just pack it in. Many of us were ready for an alternative to the mind-numbing boredom & mediocrity of KNBR, but we still haven't heard a credible alternative. Please give us hosts with intelligence who won't tell bad, sophomoric Adam Sandler-type jokes on the air! (I'm looking at you, Rise Guys, Greg Papa, Urban & John Lund)

The Game should put Rick Tittle on their weekday rotation either with Tierney or have his own show 6-10pm and have Townsend pair with Tierney.
I actually dont mind Brandon Tierney compared to what other people say on here. Him and ED had a good show since they balanced each other out. I believe either Tittle or Towney would provide great sports debate with Tierney since all three are strongly opinionated with whatever sports topic come up.

They were glorifying it all the next day and into yesterday. I even heard that Hendu sent Tierney a text telling him no hard feelings. Not likely. Tierney is a chump. Only a chump would talk smack when the other person left the room.
Your posts are well thought out OBIII. I may not always agree with you, but you think about what you're going to post before doing so. There's something to be said for that. It's too easy these days to troll or throw crap against the wall and see what sticks. Lund and Tierney prove this on air daily.
Now that we're done telling each other how awesome we are...back to business. Screw the Giants! Go A's! lol :D

him working for ESPN doesn't surprise me. The way they run the shows it's like they think they're some high and mighty syndicated show that's too good to take callers and feels everything they do is compelling enough to repeat every two hours.

I'm at work also Blaster, so I can't participate...I will tell you this though, when the station first got going I e-mailed him with some praise and a little criticism, and he was always quick to respond. Fast forward 6 Months I e-mailed him with a little praise and some criticism, and I never got a reply...Read in to that what you will.

Besides Rod Brooks, all KNBR has ever really had was white employees, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
The rest of your post is pretty spot on, IMO. Barrett came out guns blazing taking shot after shot at KNBR. Fast forward not even a year later, and the Game is coming off as some sort of KNBR wanna be. After the stunt that Tierney Danza pulled yesterday, I'll only tune in for A's games and Townsend. Maybe Rise Guys, jury is still out on them. It's Tolbert or the iPod on my afternoon drive home until they replace that Brooklyn fraud.

I couldn't agree with you more Blaster, Rick Tittle has more talent than any of the Game's Permanent Hosts. (excluding Townsend) Like I have said before I personally think they don't want Rick on because he doesn't follow the company line like the rest of the Host's. He talks highly about Oakland and the East bay, and you know that bugs the A's ownership group...Enough so that they probably put the screws to the station. What else could it be? He's local, knows Bay Area Sports, always comes on the air prepared.

Yeah, Tierney looked bad in the Dave Henderson interview. Henderson owned Tierney. LOL at Tierney trying to make his case for Ichiro and take shots at Henderson after the interview was over. This interview made Tierney look even more like an idiot. Wow. LOL.
Yes, Ichiro is great, but he's not better than Rickey Henderson.

YES on Hoffar! His hockey with Brodie was really good and he knows a lot about a lot of different sports. Plus, he's a San Leandro guy, so he knows the history and gets the listener. I would love to hear him with Townie on the drive. Stick Tierney with the Guru on Sunday afternoons.

Yeah, that actually makes the most sense, since Townsend fills in for one of them, and he has chemistry with Tierney. Tittle does the A's pre and postgame shows on weekends during baseball season, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind doing the A's pre and postgame shows on the weekdays as well during baseball season. Plus, he usually fills in for Townsend, when Townsend is filling in for Tierney or Davis.
The thing is, will Townsend want to give up his show and his A's duties, to do a show with Tierney? He seems very connected with the A's. He's 95.7's A's insider and everything. I'm not sure if Townsend would be willing to give that up to do a show with Tierney. He's almost like 95.7's version of Fitz when he talks about the A's, even though Townsend does criticize the A's more than Fitz criticizes the Warriors though. LOL.
But yeah, replacing Davis with Townsend and Tittle for Townsend makes the most sense though. I kind of wonder if 95.7 will just do that, even though they're searching for a replacement for Davis.

I'm not to keen on calling into talk shows, but I do appreciate hearing callers, their views, etc. I have often wondered if either A. Nobody calls in or B. Do they just not take calls? If it's the latter, they are really doing a disservice to their listeners, because it makes for a looong slow show.
I notice when I listen to Townsend, he takes call after call and I got to thinking... Is Tierney afraid to take a call and get bashed by listeners over the air? He's not the only one, but he is in my sights right now. Lund is really bad, too. Five markets in five years is nothing to brag about buddy.
Anyway, I really hope that they post the Barrett conversation on the 95.7 FB page or on their homepage and don't edit it like they edit FB posts. Orrr... if BASG could get an un-edited version and post it here (wink, wink).

Thanks blaster dude!...I almost don't want to mention Urban even if he is almost a polar opposite of me in politics and sports. Especially since he's on the ropes here in the bay area. The big guys I can kick...
But I can't take L&U..especially when Urban does that Andy Kaufman bit of is he joking or does he mean it?, kind of thing.

Man, John Sports, I can't even tell what the company line is anymore. Tierney gives it to A's ownership pretty often, but Giants coverage has trumped A's coverage across the board. Tittle would be a breath of fresh air. It probably makes too much sense to ever work. Ah well... I guess we're stuck with Urban, Lund, Tierney and the Guru. *Sigh*

Townsend is a professional. He sits in on any show and makes it better. He was sitting in for one of the Rise Guys one morning and the show was instantly better.
The thing is, with Tierney, Townsend (or Tittle for that matter) is so much more polished and prepared than "Danza" that it shuts him down. He never gets in Townie's face like he did with Davis. Davis put up with a lot of BS from that assclown because he's so laid back. I'm glad for ED that he's going to that sweet gig with NFL network. He earned it.
Townie shuts "Danza" down with facts and makes him look like a moron. He's learned his lesson. Tittle would do the same thing.
Dog acts up, hit him with the paper. In Tierney's case, hit him with the sports page.

Any time I've ever called, not once have I ever gotten a busy signal. I just don't think they're getting very many calls. Who would actually want to talk to BT? He doesn't have the skills to engage the callers... that's why he cuts every call off.
That's one of the things I've always loved about Ralph and Tom is that they would cover the obvious stories in the first 90 minutes, but then would solicit calls and let the callers drive the direction of the show. Aside from Townsend, the Game hosts just don't have the skills.

the whole concept of Townsend's show is taking callers, so that's why he actually does it. For the others, you can call and call and eventually you might get through. I've called in, but I've never gotten on any show besides Townsend or a weekend show.

I totally agree. Urban does have some very good knowledge about sports. I think he will be fine as long as he only do one show a week. 3 straight days is just too much. I too miss the rotations of the other guys.
The Game seriously need to do something about their line-up and contents. It might sounds ok at first but it gets old fast.

He's got that too cool for school sound in his voice and thinks everything he says with Lund is comedy gold. BTW whatever happened with the rotating hosts? Used to enjoy Kawakami and Steinmetz (until that idiot Lund kept giving him crap for driving a Prius) and Roxie and BB, but now we only get Papax2 and the insufferable Urbanx3. I might hate Lund less if he talks with someone with a different viewpoint once in a while ( I'll probably still yell at my radio like I do once or twice a day, when he says something stupid/cringe-worthy. When he goes on vacation could the Game do something right and change the locks in the building?)

Urban is decent as a writer, but awful as an on air personality. I used to like his A's mailbag back in the day and he was good on athleticsnation.com too (sorry BASG) But he is unlistenable on the radio. I don't know if it's his voice or his delivery. I do know it bothers me how sensitive and defensive he gets if a caller or another host calls him out. His skin is waaay too thin for radio or interactive verbal media. Once he shows his hand, he's a sitting duck.

Good point on Tierney giving it to the A's ownership as of late...But over all it seems to me that about once a week or so the Host's really hit the "The A's must move to San Jose" Drum. Rick Tittle has always been consistent about Oakland and the East Bay, along with all of his other Sports Knowledge.
Could you Imagine if they teamed up Tittle with Townsend, now that would be an entertaining show.
As far as the extensive Giants coverage, The Game comes across as a KNBR wanna be. I think covering all the Teams is cool, but lately they seem to have lost there direction (If they ever had one)

Yeah, I'm not an Urban fan by any stretch. I'm just pointing out that it seems telling that they are not promoting anyone from within the station and looking outside. It doesn't speak highly of the current cast.

Tierney has brought it on himself. The Hendu interview was a prime example of his shortcomings. He comes up with a topic obviously to do nothing more than stir the pot. He then spends half the interview talking over Hendu so you couldn't even hear what he was saying. Finally, he has nothing of note to say until after the interview, once he had a chance to find his viewpoint on the internet. If you typed Brandon Tierney in google image search, I'm surprised the first row of images aren't a row of clown shoes.

Dont apologize for speaking your mind OBIII. That's what these things are for. Your posts are always respectful. No need to be in this case.
The way this chump disrespected Hendu today was totally out of line and very unprofessional. Especially considering he couldn't back it up with numbers until after the interview. He wouldn't let it die and he was still WRONG. He is a fraud and a hack. He needs to take his sorry ass back to NYC. Hendu is beloved in the A's community and Danza did his station, his listeners and the A's in general a disservice. F* this guy!

Yeah, Tierney is s unpopular as Fitz. He might be more unpopular than Fitz at this point. At least Fitz does a good job calling Warrior games on TV, and will be calling the games for Team USA in basketball during the Olympics. The only problem people really have with Fitz is that he's a Warriors homer and that he is condescending to callers whenever they criticize the Warriors, and he makes too many excuses for them.
Tierney doesn't really bring much to the table. He gets owned in his arguments pretty much everyday, and as people have said on here before, he tries to stir the pot a little too much. Case in point, the Dave Henderson interview. Why did he have to ask Dave Henderson if Ichiro is better than Rickey Henderson? Even though Dave Henderson calls Mariners games, he played with Rickey, so you know he's going to say Rickey is better. Plus, that was a stupid question as Tierney pointed out before he asked it.
Plus, another thing wrong with Tierney is as people have also said, is his NY attitude. That just doesn't fly here in the Bay Area as much. Plus, he kind of comes across as a fake Bay Area sports fan, when he talks about going to or being at Giants or A's games, when this guy is a Yankee fan, and got here from NY last year.
Sorry for all the negativity towards Tierney. Yeah, he can be funny at times, and he does have good sports knowledge, and sometimes I actually agree with him on things, but I'm just not a fan of Tierney. I'm sorry. I wonder if 95.7 will eventually realize that not a whole lot of people like him. You know it's bad when he argues with people that he's interviewing, like Dave Henderson.

I don't think you can pair Towny with Tierney simply because Towny blows Tierney out of the water. Towny is broader based and can talk intelligently about the Sabercats while Tierney probably doesn't even know who they are.
I remember a few months back, Towny filled for Davis and made Tierney look so bad, it was comical. Tierney was stuttering and struggling to come up with something to say while Towny was flying.

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